RE: [Samba] Samba 4 Clustering - Samba

This is a discussion on RE: [Samba] Samba 4 Clustering - Samba ; Hi,
The first link appears to only allow for failover at the server side =
for samba. Heartbeat is OpenSourcethat does this for multiple platforms. =
While this is A Good Thing, the issue is one of state vis-=E0-vis the ...

RE: [Samba] Samba 4 Clustering

Hi,

The first link appears to only allow for failover at the server side =
for samba. Heartbeat is OpenSourcethat does this for multiple platforms. =
While this is A Good Thing, the issue is one of state vis-=E0-vis the =
client's connection(s).

The second link appears (or I missed something) to only discuss NFS.

As can be read in the Samba documentation, SMB/CIFS state is what =
prevents truly seamless and transparent failover. While Heartbeat will =
function excellently to provide HA for multiple samba servers, =
in-progress client connections will be hosed, and there appears to be no =
easy way around this, as it is inherent in the protocol.